Mentioned earlier this year a new patch for Blizzard Entertainment's action RPG Diablo II has once again been described as coming soon. A variety of delays, including work on a critical patch for Warcraft III, have delayed the release of the 1.13 update but work has resumed and public test realms should be beta testing it "soon."

Work commences on patch 1.13. We won't be providing any information on when the patch will be available, except that we expect the PTR to be available "soon". We will provide some amount of warning very, very shortly before the PTRs become available. Please keep in mind that any number of factors could delay the start of the PTR and ultimate release of the patch. Thanks for being patient, we're getting close now.